B-dot probe study of two-color laser-produced elongated air filaments

2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kim, Ki Yong ^a   Varma, Sanjay ^a   Aubuchon, Matt ^a   Chen, Yu Hsin ^a   Milchberg, Howard M ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FILAMENTS; B-DOT PROBE; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TWO-COLOR; TWO-COLOR LASER;

COLOR; ELECTRON OPTICS; FILAMENTS (LAMP); LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PROBES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

LASERS;

EID: 71049162530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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